This afternoon at 4 PM, I counted 35 large waterbirds that my books says are Double-crested Cormorants sitting on the barrels floating just upstream of O'Shaughnessy dam next to the Columbus Zoo. Another would fly in from the North and land on the water every 3-5 minutes, joining the 3-5 birds sitting on each floating barrel. I saw just one diving during my time watching. Can someone confirm my amateur identification? I have a few photos at: http://www.k8nd.com/Local_Critters/Photos_DCCormorant/index.htm. I'll process some more later, and maybe go back with a bit more lens. (BTW, the Marbled Godwit is still limping around the Twin Lakes mudflats: I saw it yesterday and today.) Jeff Maass http://www.k8nd.com/LocalCritters.htm http://www.k8nd.com/CuracaoCritters.htm ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]